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1. An integrated circuit, comprising: reception circuitry which, in operation, controls reception of configuration information from a base station apparatus, and control circuitry which, in operation, performs: in response to the configuration information indicating a carrier indicator field value (CIF value) assigned to an added component carrier and a component carrier identification index (CC ID index) of the added component carrier, adding the CIF value and the CC ID index of the added component carrier to a one-to-one correspondence relationship between one or more CIF values and one or more CC ID indexes, wherein the CIF value assigned to the added component carrier is a previously-unconfigured CIF value and the one-to-one correspondence relationship prior to the addition is maintained; and in response to the configuration information indicating the CC ID index of a deleted component carrier, deleting the CIF value of the deleted component carrier from the one-to-one correspondence relationship.
2. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , comprising at least one input coupled to the reception circuitry, wherein the at least one input, in operation, inputs the configuration information.
3. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the reception circuitry, in operation, controls reception of resource allocation information, which indicates the CIF value of the component carrier allocated to a terminal apparatus.
4. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the CIF values are assigned to component carriers that are used to receive data.
5. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the one-to-one correspondence relationship is configured for each terminal apparatus.
6. An integrated circuit comprising: control circuitry which, in operation, generates configuration information, wherein, when a component carrier is added, a previously-unconfigured carrier indicator field value (CIF value) is assigned to the added component carrier and the configuration information indicates the CIF value assigned to the added component carrier and a component carrier identification index (CC ID index) of the added component carrier, wherein the CIF value and the CC ID index of the added component carrier is added to a one-to-one correspondence relationship between one or more CIF values and one or more CC ID indexes while the one-to-one correspondence relationship prior to the addition is maintained, and when a component carrier is deleted, the configuration information indicates the CC ID index of the deleted component carrier, wherein the CIF value of the deleted component carrier is deleted from the one-to-one correspondence relationship; and transmitting circuitry which, in operation, controls transmission of the configuration information to a terminal apparatus.
7. The integrated circuit according to claim 6 , comprising at least one output coupled to the transmitting circuitry, wherein the at least one output, in operation, outputs the configuration information.
8. The integrated circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the control circuitry, in operation, generates resource allocation information, which indicates the CIF value of the component carrier allocated to the terminal apparatus.
9. The integrated circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the CIF values are assigned to component carriers that are used to transmit data.
10. The integrated circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the one-to-one correspondence relationship is configured for each terminal apparatus.
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July 24, 2018
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